7 Dec
2015
7 Dec
'15
2:36 p.m.
On 7 December 2015 at 14:29, Johnny Billquist <bqt at update.uu.se> wrote:
I think all (modern PDP-11) OSes can install from
TMSCP tapes. RSTS/E is
more picky than some others, though, if I remember right...
Yes, RSTS/E installs from TMSCP just fine (as can RSX-11/M+); I know
that in simh you can bring up Ultrix-11 3.1 only on TMSCP
(specifically a TK50), at least if you want all of the packages to
install. I've installed RSTS/E 10.1-L from MASSBUS, TS11, TM11, and
TMSCP in my various experimentation with emulation, it really doesn't
care what the tape is as long as your SYSGEN device is consistent.
As for your actual question, that is outside the scope
of the PDP-11. You
are asking if there is some SCSI storage, that physically looks like a CF
card (or so), but logically on the SCSI bus looks like a tape.
Yeah, probably my phrasing or organization was a bit off, but what I
meant wasn't with regards to just the PDP-11, but with regards to a
general device that looks like a SCSI tape device. Since such a SCSI
device could, like you said, work on a PDP-11, modern x86-64 (if the
SCSI bus is right), VAX, Alpha, et cetera.
Cheers,
Christian
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